Two Book Launch Events: Ed Waugh’s Geordie Plays (Volume One)
Newcastle City LibraryFrom Ed Waugh I worked with Dave Harker who kindly allowed me to use his incredible research for my play The Great Joe Wilson. Many of you came to see the […]
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Taste of Africa: Two Events
ZoomTaste of Africa events is an annual celebration of Black History Month in Tees Valley. The events are aimed at celebrating Black History Month, promoting diversity and inclusion in the […]
Book launch Events in Durham, Stockton and Newcastle: ‘African Lives in Northern England: From Roman Times to the 21st Century’
Durham, Stockton and NewcastleThis booklet, authored by the African Lives in Northern England project and edited by Beverley Prevatt Goldstein, celebrates the history of Black lives in northern England and dispels the myth […]
Berwick Literary Festival: Michael Taylor – How and Why the British Defended Slavery
ZoomWhen the Anti-Slavery Society was founded in 1823, it was confronted by a formidable lobby comprising slaveholders, merchants, politicians, journalists and intellectuals. This talk explores the ferocious campaign of the British […]
Tyneside Irish Centre, Dr Martin O’Donoghue will talk about The Anglo Irish Treaty and its Consequences
Tyneside Irish Centre 43 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom“Full Canadian powers” or “Ireland’s right, full independence and nothing short of it”? The Anglo-Irish Treaty and its consequences. On 6 December 1921, Irish negotiators signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty providing […]
Celebrating Black History Month – Film Screening @ Culture Lab Newcastle, Stand Up to Racism North East
The Culture Lab Newcastle UniversityStand Up to Racism - North East are hosting a double-bill of documentary film screenings on Saturday 23 October at Culture Lab in Newcastle University. The events starts at 5pm. […]
Black History Now!
ZoomBlack History Now! is an online panel discussion that reflects on the state of the field in Black British History and affirms its centrality to the discipline of History more […]
NELH Tuesday Meeting: Dr Cathy Hunt will talk about ‘Righting the Wrong: the life and work of Mary Macarthur, 1880-1921’
ZoomMary Macarthur, trade unionist and socialist, died 100 years ago in 1921. In this talk, her biographer, Dr Cathy Hunt, looks at the fascinating life and work of this pioneering […]
Newcastle: Spanish Civil War Commemoration Event
Grounds of Newcastle Civic CentreFrom Martin Levy The Communist Party is planning, in conjunction with members of the International Brigade Memorial Trust, to repeat last year’s North East commemoration events for the 'Volunteers for […]
Middlesbrough: Spanish Civil War Commemoration Event
Dorman Museum Linthorpe Rd, MiddlesbroughFrom Martin Levy The Communist Party is planning, in conjunction with members of the International Brigade Memorial Trust, to repeat last year’s North East commemoration events for the 'Volunteers for […]